Papers, 1939-1981.

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Papers, 1939-1981.

Collection consists primarily of a series of typescripts sent by German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht to his first American translator, Hoffman Reynolds (H. R.) Hays, along with drafts of translations and related correspondence and documents from Hays's Brecht files.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120850

Indiana University

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Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Willett, John, 1917-

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Eisler, Hanns

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Composed 1932. First performance by the British Broadcasting Corp. Orchestra, London, March 1935, Ernest Ansermet conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Kleine Sinfonie No. 1 : for orchestra, op. 29 / Hanns Eisler. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51733565 Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) was a German composer. His family moved to Vienna in 1902, and Eisler grew up and studied there, most notably with Arnold Schoenberg in the earl...

Betz, Albrecht.

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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

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Brecht was a German dramatist and poet. Karl Korsch was a Marxist theoretician. From the description of Correspondence with Karl Korsch, 1934-ca.1954. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122556373 From the guide to the Bertolt Brecht correspondence with Karl Korsch, ca. 1934-1954., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Reyersbach was a pediatrician with special training in endocrinology and rheumatic diseases; she came to the U.S. in ...

Hays, H. R. (Hoffman Reynolds), 1904-1980

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H. R. Hays received degrees from Cornell University ( B.A., 1925) and Columbia University (M.A., 1928) and had a long and varied career as a poet, novelist, critic, playwright, translator, social anthropologist, and educator. From the description of H. R. Hays correspondence with Latin American writers, 1922-1981 (bulk 1940-1955) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 84467135 H. R. Hays was a New York playwright, anthropologist, poet and sometime collaborator w...

Brecht, Stefan, 1924-2009

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German-American author and poet. From the description of Stefan Brecht records typescript, 198-. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470400188 ...